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Geographical Sketches

Please note that for some of the works referenced below, the title of a given piece is more of a description of the scence depicited, rather than an actual title given by the artist.

Arabia and Asia Minor | Egypt, Greece, and Palestine | Sinai, Petra, and Syria

Egypt:

recto/verso (Unknown Artist)

Landscape Studies of Egypt (recto)

Artist: Unknown Artist, American
Title: Landscape Studies of Egypt (recto)
Date: c 1842
Medium: Graphite
Dimensions: 8 x 9 1/4" (204 x 235 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0941

Landscape Studies of Egypt (recto)

Artist: Unknown Artist, American
Title: Landscape Studies of Egypt (verso)
Date: c 1842
Medium: Graphite
Dimensions: 8 x  9 1/4" (204 x 235 mm)
Accession number: MS A SC 4680-13-1041

 (recto/verso (Unknown Artist)

Landscape Studies of Egypt

Artist: Unknown Artist, American
Title: Landscape Studies of Egypt (recto)
Date: c 1842
Medium: Graphite
Dimensions: 7 3/4 x 10 1/2" (199 x 266 mm)
Accession number: MS A SC 4680-13-0944

Landscape Studies of Egypt

Artist: Unknown Artist, American
Title: Landscape Studies of Egypt (verso)
Date: c 1842
Medium: Graphite
Dimensions: 7 3/4 x 10 1/2"(199 x 266 mm)
Accession number: MS A SC 4680-13-1044

(Unknown Artist)

Scene on a River (the Nile?)

Artist: Unknown Artist, American
Title: Scene on a River (the Nile?)
Date: c.1842
Medium: Graphite
Dimensions: 9 1/4 x 13 1/5" (234 x 331 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0938

Egypt: Lower Egypt

(Unknown Artist)

Lower Egypt, Nile. Mingeh

Artist: Unknown Artist, American
Title: Lower Egypt, Nile. Mingeh
Date: 1842
Medium: Graphite
Dimensions: 12 x 16" (308 x 413 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0712

Egypt: Upper Egypt

(Unknown Artist)

Nile, Upper Egypt

Artist: Unknown Artist, American
Title: Nile, Upper Egypt
Date: 1842
Medium: Graphite
Dimensions: 9 x 14" (234 x 331 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0937

(Unknown Artist)

Nile: Upper Egypt, Assawan

Artist: Unknown Artist, American
Title: Nile: Upper Egypt, Assawan
Date: 1842
Medium: Graphite
Dimensions: 12 1/4 x 17" (309 x 433 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0710

(Unknown Artist)

Nile, Upper Egypt, Boat on the Nile

Artist: Unknown Artist, American
Title: Nile, Upper Egypt, Boat on the Nile
Date: 1841
Medium: Graphite
Dimensions: 12 1/4 x 18 1/4" (313 x 462 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0709

(Unknown Artist)

Nile, Upper Egypt, four men in a boat

Artist: Unknown Artist, American
Title: Nile, Upper Egypt, Four Men in a Boat
Date: 1842
Medium: Graphite
Dimensions: 8 1/4 x 10 3/4" (210 x 272 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0936

Egypt: Nubia

(Unknown Artist)

Nile, Nubia, Cataracts, Western Shore

Artist: Unknown Artist, American
Title: Nile, Nubia, Cataracts, Western Shore
Date: 1842
Medium: Graphite
Dimensions: 12 1/2 x 17 1/2 " (315 x 446 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0711

(Unknown Artist)

Nile, Nubia, Wady Halfa

Artist: Unknown Artist, American
Title: Nile, Nubia, Wady Halfa
Date: 1841
Medium: Graphite
Dimensions: 12 1/2 x 17 1/2" (401 x 582 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0708

Egypt: Cario

(Unknown Artist)

Egypt, Cairo, Tomb of the Caliphs

Artist: Unknown Artist, American
Title: Egypt, Cairo, Tomb of the Caliphs
Date: 1842
Medium: Graphite
Dimensions: 12 1/4 x 16 1/4" (309 x 415 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0713

  (Unknown Artist)

Egypt, Cairo, Building flooded by the Nile

Artist: Unknown Artist, American
Title: Egypt, Cairo, Building flooded by the Nile
Date: 1842
Medium: Graphite
Dimensions: 15 1/2 x 12 1/4" (314 x 396 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0714

Greece

  (Unknown Artist)

Greece...

Artist: Unknown Artist, American
Title: Greece...
Date: 1841
Medium: Graphite
Dimensions: 9 3/4 x 22 3/4" (252 x 585 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0700

(Unknown Artist)

Scene in Greece, Landscape with mountains

Artist: Unknown Artist, American
Title: Scene in Greece, Landscape with mountains
Date: 1841
Medium: Graphite
Dimensions: 9 3/4 x 22 1/2" (252 x 575 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0701

Palestine

(Unknown Artist)

Palestine, Hilly landscape

Artist: Unknown Artist, American
Title: Palestine, Hilly Landscape
Date: 1842
Medium: Graphite
Dimensions: 12 1/4 x 17 3/4" (312 x 448 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0746

(Unknown Artist)

Palestine, Jerusalem, View of Mt. Zion.

Artist: Unknown Artist, American
Title: Palestine, Jerusalem, View of Mt Zion. . .
Date: 1842
Medium: Graphite
Dimensions: 12 1/4 x 17 1/4" (312 x 440 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0743

  (Unknown Artist)

Palestine, Kaiffa

Artist: Unknown Artist, American
Title: Palestine, Kaiffa
Date: 1842
Medium: Graphite
Dimensions: 12 1/2 x 17 1/2" (315 x 445 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0747

 (Unknown Artist)

Palestine, Man with two cows outside a city

Artist: Unknown Artist, American
Title: Palestine, Man with Two Cows Outside a City
Date: 1842
Medium: Graphite
Dimensions: 12 x 18" (313 x 458 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0744

  (Unknown Artist)

Palestine, Nazareth

Artist: Unknown Artist, American
Title: Palestine, Nazareth
Date: 1842
Medium: Graphite
Dimensions: 12 1/4 x 18" (313 x 456 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0745

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